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Preface

With the recent adoption of student-centred learning approaches,
clinical teachers are no longer transmitters of factual knowledge
or ‘spoon feeders'. Teachers' responsibilities in current education
are now widely varied and include encouraging critical thinking,
fostering curiosity and searching for explanations, monitoring
group progress, facilitating students' collaborative learning,
giving constructive feedback and motivating students to achieve
their potential.

Making Sense of Clinical Teaching is written for
teachers who want to reach their potential and achieve excellence
in their profession. The contents of this book are the result of
several years of extensive research in this area and reflect the
editor's experiences in teaching and training staff in higher
education. They also reflect the views 39 medical and health
professionals from a number of countries including Australia, New
Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, United
Kingdom, Sweden, United States and Canada.

Over the last ten years, I have run more than 70 workshops to
enhance the teaching and facilitation skills of teachers and
educators. These workshops were conducted for academic staff and
clinicians from several universities in Australia, South East Asia,
and beyond. In these workshops, I ask the participants to write
down the name of the best teacher they have ever had and list what
was unique about this teacher. In what way was he or she different?
What qualities did he or she possess?

Interestingly, certain qualities are common among many of these
teachers. Even when I asked secondary and primary school teachers
in Australia to provide me with their views, there were no
differences between the three groups. Great teachers share these
qualities regardless of the subject they teach, their academic
background or the level of the students they teach.

The design of this book encourages teachers to identify the good
qualities they have, to learn how they can improve their potential,
influence and develop other teachers around them, and leave a mark
on their journey to success.

Making Sense of Clinical Teaching is a package that
will enable you to:

● Add new skills to your teaching expertise

● Stimulate your creative thinking

● Challenge your current teaching and provide you with the tools
to reach your potential

● Meet the needs of your students in a win–win approach

● Construct new strategies in your department/schools

● Mentor your teaching and learning skills.

Making Sense of Clinical Teaching provides you with:

● 60 case scenarios discussed in 60 subchapters

● Case discussions and key questions that can broaden the
concept discussed and help you identify key principles

● Action plans related to the case scenario and management
options

● Recent research outcomes in this area

● Take-home messages

● Resources for further reading.

Making Sense of Clinical Teaching is a book that you
will turn to again and again for nourishment on your teaching
journey and will help you develop your own leadership in teaching
and learning. I am interested in receiving your comments and
feedback.